ACL Meeting Friday, May 13, 2016: Just a quick reminder for our Bay Area members! Please join us for our ACL Meeting on Friday, May 13, 2016, from 9am–1pm at the Oakland Main Library. We will have our usual Book … Continue reading →

Newbery Medalist Matt De La Pen~a to Speak at San Francisco Public Library: Join Mo’Magic and the San Francisco Public Library as they host a visit from author Matt de la Peña, winner of the 2016 Newbery Medal for Last Stop … Continue reading →

Steve Sheinkin Wins Empire State Award: The Youth Services Section of the New York Library Association is excited to announce that the winner of the 2016 Empire State Award for Excellence in Literature for Young People is Steve Sheinkin. Mr. … Continue reading →

ALSC Cancels Conference: The Association of Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association, is canceling the upcoming National Institute that was scheduled for September 2016 in Charlotte, North Carolina, in protest of that state’s new … Continue reading →

2016 Beatty Award Recipient: This Bridge Will Not Be Gray written by Dave Eggers, illustrated by Tucker Nichols, and published by McSweeney’s has been selected as the 2016 recipient of the California Library Association’s John and Patricia Beatty Award. This … Continue reading →

From Our Family Coalition — In just a few weeks, parents, caregivers, educators, community leaders, ministers and students across the country will join to support transgender children and youth by hosting readings in their communities of the children’s book I … Continue reading →